Peninsula: I, a chaebol! I will never follow hidden rules.

Since it's a rare opportunity to accompany Bae Joo-hyun back to her parents' home, we definitely can't just stay for one day and leave.

Daegu is the fourth largest city in South Korea, after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, with a permanent population of about 2.3 million. In a country with a population of just over 50 million, this is definitely a large city.

Moreover, Daegu is surrounded by mountains and has many tourist attractions, as well as the famous "Daegu Ten Flavors" cuisine in South Korea.

Fortunately, the production crew, having finished filming in Jeju Island, came to Daegu.

Bae Joo-hyun goes out with Lee Chi-hyun during the day and goes home after work, while Lim Yoon-ah and the others stay at a hotel.

After spending a week in Daegu, everyone, including Bae's parents, returned to Seoul.

Lee Chi-hyun arranged an apartment for Bae Joo-hyun's parents, while the rest of the family moved into a luxury mansion in Seongnam City.

On the same day, after 16 days of release, "Train to Busan" officially surpassed the record of 17.61 million viewers set by "The Admiral: Roaring Currents," the highest-grossing film in South Korean film history, reaching 17.63 million viewers.

To be honest, it's losing momentum. After all, "Train to Busan" attracted over ten million viewers in its first seven days, but only seven million viewers in the last nine days.

But there's nothing that can be done about it, since South Korea only has a population of 51 million.

Based on this calculation, roughly 35% of South Korea's population has seen "Train to Busan".

The film "Ne Zha 2," which later grossed over 15 billion yuan at the Chinese box office, had 320 million viewers, representing only 23% of the Chinese population.

Therefore, the box office performance of "Train to Busan" in South Korea is already terrifying, but what's even more terrifying is that it has only been released for 16 years. Even without a key extension, if it were to be released for 30 days under normal circumstances, "Train to Busan" would still have two weeks left in its run.

With just 2.37 million more viewers needed, "Train to Busan" will reach the unprecedented record of 20 million viewers, a record that will likely remain unbroken for years to come!

Two weeks is enough!

On the auspicious occasion of "Train to Busan" topping the charts, Star Entertainment also announced its official establishment, with Kim Jun-hyun, president of Star Entertainment, concurrently serving as president.

Immediately following, Star Era Pictures released an announcement: First Star Era Pictures will be producing the "Outlaws Quartet," written by Lee Chi-hyun, with Ma Dong-seok in the lead role. The story revolves around a South Korean serious crimes unit detective's pursuit of a Japanese mafia gang.

Secondly, Xingji Pictures has purchased the rights to the novel "Descendants of Maoshan" from Huaxia Film Distribution and will adapt it into a film. The screenwriter is Li Zhixuan, and the film is tentatively titled "Breaking the Tomb."

Third, Star Age Pictures will seek to go public.

Originally, "The Outlaws" was about South Korean police arresting a Chinese gang, but now that Lee Chi-hyun is the screenwriter, the criminals being arrested have become Japanese.

The original "Breaking the Tomb" was not copyrighted and was directly copied, which resulted in some plots in "Breaking the Tomb" being inexplicable and without a reasonable explanation, since the answers are all in the book.

As for going public, films like "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" and "Train to Busan" made a lot of money, but even that can't compare to making quick profits by exploiting retail investors in the stock market. Therefore, going public is a must!
However, it's not something you can just do on a whim. At the very least, a prerequisite for a company to go public is that it must have been established for at least three years.

Star Era Pictures has only been established for less than three days, how can it go public?

The only option is to find an already listed company to conduct equity transfers and asset swaps to achieve a backdoor listing.

This thing also needs approval, which takes at least six months. So Star Era Pictures won't be able to go public and make money off investors for at least six months.

However, after the announcement was released, the investment community went crazy. Within an hour, multiple institutions gave valuations for Star Era Pictures, ranging from 200 billion to 350 billion.

In response, Li Zhixuan said, "I told you, making 100 billion is easy. Two movies were released in less than half a year, and this company is now worth 200 billion."

These words were mainly directed at Lim Yoona and Bae Joo-hyun, because Li Zhixuan had previously made an agreement with them that whoever's company earned 100 billion won first would become the "Empress".

In response, Lim Yoona reached out and touched Bae Joo-hyun's stomach, pretending to be fierce, and said, "If you keep showing off, do you believe I'll hit your son?"

Bae Joo-hyun was stunned: "Yoona unnie, why don't you hit your own stomach?"

Upon hearing this, Lim Yoona was stunned: "That's my own son, of course I can't bear to part with him! Is there even a question?"

Oh! You can't bear to hit your own son, but you hit my son?
Bae Joo-hyun pouted, pointed at Im Yoon-ah, and looked at Lee Chi-hyun with a wronged expression: "She's bullying me!"

Li Zhixuan immediately came over and hugged Bae Joo-hyun, then looked at Lim Yoon-ah with a cold face: "Lim Yoon-ah, I'm warning you, you're not allowed to bully Joo-hyun anymore. Otherwise I..."

Lim Yoona crossed her arms in front of her chest and sneered, "Otherwise, what will you do?"

"Hmph! Otherwise, I'll just have to beg you to stop making trouble. I can't handle it if anything happens to any of you." π_π
How could Li Zhixuan possibly stand up for himself in front of a pregnant woman? Not to mention him, even Li Zhengxian and his wife wouldn't be able to stand up for themselves.

Currently, these three pregnant women are essentially using their children to manipulate the Li family.

Seeing that he had calmed down, Lim Yoona smiled smugly and then asked, "When are you taking Jessica unnie to the United States?"

Li Zhixuan helplessly spread his hands: "It's not that I don't want to take her, it's that she doesn't want to go. What can I do?"

Bae Joo-hyun said, "I heard from Soo-jung that Jessica unnie was worried that their parents wouldn't be able to accept it and that they might get sick from worrying and getting angry."

"But we'll have to tell the parents about this sooner or later. If we don't go now, are we going to wait until our belly is fully grown? Or wait until the baby is born? Wouldn't that be even more exciting?"

Lin Yoona didn't understand, but she also knew that she had a clearer perspective from the outside, so she said to Li Zhixuan, "Let's try to persuade her for you later."

"it is good!"

"Something's happened! Something's happened! Something's happened!"

As Li Zhixuan and the other two were chatting, Kim Tae-yeon rushed out of the elevator in a panic.

Seeing this, Li Zhixuan quickly got up, went to greet Kim Tae-yeon, and picked her up: "Calm down! I'll hold the sky up even if it falls, what are you afraid of? What happened?"

Kim Tae-yeon said calmly, "Jessica and Krystal's parents have returned to Seoul."

"what?"

The three were taken aback, and Li Zhixuan blurted out, "Why did they suddenly come back?"

"Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and the day after is Christmas Day. Guess why they suddenly came back?"

Oh! They've come back to visit their daughter for the holiday!
Immediately afterward, Li Zhixuan laughed: "Haha! Now that's it, Xiuyan can't hide from me anymore. Ouch!"

Before he could finish speaking, Kim Tae-yeon pinched his chest and said angrily, "She's almost worried to death, and you're still gloating here?"

"It's alright, I'll go and comfort her right away!"

After putting Kim Tae-yeon on the ground, Lee Chi-heon ran to the elevator and quickly arrived at Jessica Jung's bedroom.

At this moment, Jessica Jung was lying on the bed, leaning against the headboard, feeling uneasy. Krystal Jung was comforting her, but it didn't help much.

Upon seeing Li Zhixuan arrive, Zheng Xiuyan hurriedly asked, "My parents are back, what should we do?"

Where are Uncle and Aunt?

"We're already home. They just called to ask when we're coming home."

This means they have already entered the place where the Zheng sisters used to live.

"When are we going back?"

Out of respect, Li Zhixuan first asked Zheng Xiuyan's opinion. Zheng Xiuyan hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Tomorrow...?"

"Tomorrow? Still trying to postpone it?"

Li Zhixuan was too lazy to say anything more to Zheng Xiuyan, and directly said to Zheng Xiujing, "Xiujing, pack your things."

"it is good!"

"Leave now?" Jessica Jung was a little flustered.

Li Zhixuan sat on the edge of the bed and hugged Zheng Xiuyan, then comforted her, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'll hold the sky up even if it falls."

"But……"

"No buts. Your parents won't do anything to you, much less to me. If you're worried they'll get sick from worry, why don't we just take a doctor back with us? We can arrange for an ambulance to come along."

"This... okay."

With her parents in Seoul, Jessica Jung couldn't avoid them anymore, so she had no choice but to meet them.

At 10:30 a.m., the two sides met at the Zheng sisters' home.

Pregnant? Over four months pregnant! And with the child of the third young master of the Li Group? The first in three generations of the Li family! Wouldn't that mean the child would be the eldest grandson of the Li family?!

This……

The Zheng family parents originally intended to surprise their daughters by suddenly returning home, but they never expected that their eldest daughter would give them an even bigger surprise.

"How long do you plan to keep this from us if we don't come back?"

When he was young, Mr. Zheng was a boxer and was very strong. Even now, after years of running a business, he still looks like a smaller version of Ma Dong-seok.

Of course, it wasn't that Li Zhixuan was afraid of losing to him; the main problem was that if they really fought, it would be too difficult for the Zheng Xiuyan sisters to be caught in the middle.

Therefore, in response to Mr. Zheng's questioning, Li Zhixuan explained with a smile, "I originally planned to take Xiuyan to the United States to see you two in the next few days."

Jessica Jung quickly explained, "Actually, he wanted to take me to meet you and my mother a long time ago, but I was worried that you two wouldn't be able to accept it, so I kept putting it off."

“Yes, yes! I can testify that Jessica really didn’t want to go,” Krystal Jung chimed in.

Jung's parents hadn't even noticed Jung Soo-jung yet, but now that she'd spoken up herself, her father immediately turned to her with a stern face: "Your sister's keeping it from us, and you're helping her keep it from us too. You two are really best friends!"

"Uh... hehe~"

Krystal Jung was already feeling guilty, and hearing this, she dared not say anything more. Her father ignored her and then looked at Li Zhixuan, asking seriously, "So, you don't plan to marry our Jessica, is that right?"

Upon hearing this, the Jung sisters' expressions changed drastically, and Jessica Jung opened her mouth to say something. Li Zhixuan quickly grabbed her hand and then explained to their father, "Polygamy is not allowed now, so there's nothing I can do. After all, I have two pregnant women at home."

"And another thing?! You conglomerates are going too far!"

Zheng's mother's eyes widened, and Zheng's father was so angry that he almost slammed his fist on the table.

Getting three women pregnant all at once? What kind of nonsense is this?!

李致轩担心郑父揍他，所以赶紧解释道：“我们自由恋爱的，而且恋爱的时候她们并不知道我是财阀。而且我有很多女人这件事并没有瞒着秀妍。”

"Mmm!" Jessica Jung nodded quickly, while also reaching out to protect Lee Chi-hsuan.

Seeing this, Zheng's father had no choice but to refrain from hitting the child and continued to ask, "Who will raise the child after it is born?"

"Of course I'll raise it."

"What about our Jessica?"

"Of course we'll raise them together."

"Words are not enough; we need to sign an agreement."

"Row."

Seeing that Li Zhixuan agreed readily, Zheng's father felt somewhat relieved.

But less than a second later, Jessica Jung panicked: "No! I don't agree!"

Mr. Zheng also got anxious: "Are you stupid?! If I say it's okay, then it's okay!"

"I said no, and that's final!" Jessica Jung retorted sharply to her father, "I definitely won't agree to this. And don't argue with me. The baby's in my belly, and if I'm upset, it will definitely affect him. If I miscarry, none of you will have a good time!"

"You!" Zheng's father's blood pressure instantly spiked to 180, and he almost died of anger.

Zheng's mother panicked and said, "Pah! Pah! Quickly, spit it out! What do you mean by miscarriage? That's so unlucky! Spit it out now!"

"Pah, pah, pah!" Upon hearing the unlucky words, Jessica Jung immediately spat three times.

The next second, Li Zhixuan took her hand and said to Mr. and Mrs. Zheng, "You two don't need to worry. I have no reason to let my child be born without a mother. The lack of maternal love takes a lifetime to heal, and I will not be so cruel to my child. Therefore, the child will definitely be raised by Xiuyan."

What could Zheng's parents do? It's already like this, so they can only accept it.

After finishing lunch and returning to her room to rest, Jessica Jung said to Lee Chi-hin somewhat unhappily, "Just now you only said that you wouldn't be cruel to your child, but what about me?"

Li Zhixuan hugged her and gave her a quick kiss, laughing, "Are you stupid? If I told your parents how much I love you, would they believe me?"

"Uh... probably not."

"So, I can only convince them that I won't abandon my child to stay with me if I say my child can't be separated from its mother. Do you understand?"

Li Zhixuan might not love Zheng Xiuyan, but how could he not love the eldest grandson of the Li family? He wouldn't abandon Zheng Xiuyan for the sake of the child, which makes sense. That's why Zheng's parents are at ease.

"understood."

Li Zhixuan, fearing that Zheng Xiuyan might overthink things, said, "If you're really worried, I'll write you an agreement."

"I don't want to! I believe you. I want to..."

As she spoke, Jessica Jung looked at Lee Chi-hin with anticipation.

"This...isn't this a bit inappropriate? You've been pregnant for over four months."

"Hurry! The child wants to wash his hair, bring him some shampoo quickly."

"This... okay."

(End of this chapter)